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and recorded many hours of interviews about his own life and the life of his father, Chen Sing. From these recordings Chiang put together the life story of Chen Sing and used it to write the book. The real Chen Sing was born in 1860 and was orphaned at a young age. He lived an impoverished existence
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people, who help him acclimate to the surprisingly cold winter. One chapter extols the simple joys of ice fishing, snowshoeing, snowball fights, and other winter pastimes that Chen Sing enjoys for the first time with a new friend." Chen Sing and his railroad crew face disasters, encounters with wild
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